I’ve been doing hobby leather crafting for a few years, hand sewing mostly, and the couple of times I needed a sewing machine I used a Janome 3000-HD. To say using the Janome was a nightmare is an understatement, it’s a good machine for fabric, and it will sew some leather, but it wasn’t designed for it. The machine goes too fast and of course I’m very limited on the thickness. Also, it goes too fast and the stitches are too close together. So I’ve decided it’s time to buy a sewing machine, but now my head hurts, all the research, all the web videos and articles are just plain overwhelming. I decided that I want a walking foot machine with a servo motor, but after that things get fuzzy. The first machine I looked at was the Sailrite machine, then it was a Juke 1541, after that I moved on to a Cowboy and Cobra. Yesterday morning I thought I was going to buy the Cobra 18 after speaking to David at Leather Machine Co. and going over things. However, after thinking “buy once cry once” I’m now considering the Cobra 26. Why? Well I thought if I buy a Cobra 26 since it’s a cylinder model it would allow me more diversity. And one person mentioned that you can turn a cylinder machine into a flatbed, but you can’t turn a flatbed into a cylinder machine. So, am I thinking wrong, am I overthinking this? The price tag is high and I don’t want to “cry once” so here I am asking those of you with more experience your honest opinion if my thinking is correct and I’m making a good choice.
Thanks
